This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.